McKain Law, PLLC v. Brutvan

Lahtinen, J.P.

Appeal from an order and judgment of the Supreme Court (Rumsey, J.), entered June 24, 2014 in Tompkins County, which, among other things, granted petitioners’ application pursuant to Judiciary Law § 475 for counsel fees.

This appeal involves a dispute over counsel fees after *1120petitioners (two law firms) successfully represented respondent and obtained a full recovery for him in federal court in an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (hereinafter ERISA). Respondent had agreed in written retainer agreements to pay petitioners the greater of court-awarded…